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Manhattan Cocktail Recipe
Cocktails

The Manhattan’s Many Modern Classics

No other cocktail has landed more offshoots in the contemporary hall of fame. Here are six of our favorites.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Modern Classic Cocktail Recipe
Cocktails

Master the Modern Classics

Twenty-one recipes for the second generation of must-know cocktails, from the White Negroni to the Death Flip.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Eric Medsker
Cocktails

The Modern Classics, Remixed

From a frappéd Amaretto Sour to a pared-down Paper Plane, these reimagined recipes hold their own.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
French Pearl
Cocktails

How the French Pearl Became a Modern Classic

Audrey Saunders’ pastis-spiked gin Mojito was an oddball argument for two outsider ingredients eager to breakthrough.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Kingston Negroni
Cocktails

How the Kingston Negroni Became a Modern Classic

Joaquín Simó’s Jamaican rum-based spin on the aperitivo classic was a runaway success.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Gin Basil Smash Cocktail Recipe
Cocktails

How the Gin Basil Smash Became a Modern Classic

At Le Lion in Hamburg, Joerg Meyer’s herbaceous smash is ordered 22,000 times a year.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Tommy's Margarita
Cocktails

How the Tommy’s Margarita Became a Modern Classic

Julio Bermejo’s revision of the classic, now served from Indonesia to Ireland, has become the industry’s Margarita of record.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
jasmine cocktail recipe
Cocktails

How the Jasmine Became a Modern Classic

Paul Harrington's "Cosmo for grown-ups" was an early Campari-laced sour with an unlikely rise to prominence.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Chartreuse Swizzle
Cocktails

How the Chartreuse Swizzle Became a Modern Classic

Marcovaldo Dionysos’s idiosyncratic cocktail elevated the French liqueur from bartender handshake to household name.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Espresso Martini Recipe
Cocktails

How the Espresso Martini Became a Modern Classic

Leaving behind a trail of forgotten iterations and abandoned monikers, Dick Bradsell’s “Pharmaceutical Stimulant” remains as popular as ever.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Eric Medsker
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Not Your Grandfather’s Blended Scotch
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Not Your Grandfather’s Blended Scotch

Long considered an afterthought among serious drinkers, the blended Scotch category is slowly becoming a hotbed for innovation.

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